Community Policing in Baltimore, 1986-1987 (ICPSR 9401)

Principal Investigator(s):Pate, Antony M.; Annan, Sampson O.

Summary:

This data collection was designed to investigate the
effects of foot patrol and ombudsman policing on perceptions of the
incidence of crime and community policing practices in Baltimore,
Maryland. Data collected at Wave 1 measured perceptions of crime and
community policing practices before the two new policing programs were
introduced. Follow-up data for Wave 2 were collected approximately one
year later and were designed to measure the effects of the new
policing practices. Included in the dat... (more info)

This data collection was designed to investigate the
effects of foot patrol and ombudsman policing on perceptions of the
incidence of crime and community policing practices in Baltimore,
Maryland. Data collected at Wave 1 measured perceptions of crime and
community policing practices before the two new policing programs were
introduced. Follow-up data for Wave 2 were collected approximately one
year later and were designed to measure the effects of the new
policing practices. Included in the data collection instrument were
questions on the perceived incidence of various crimes, police
effectiveness and presence, disorder, property and personal crime and
the likelihood of crime in general, feelings of safety, crime
avoidance behaviors and the use of crime prevention devices, cohesion
and satisfaction with neighborhoods, and awareness of victimization
and victimization history. The instrument also included demographic
questions on employment, education, race, and income.

Methodology

Sample:
Multistage sampling based on neighborhood socioeconomics.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Standardized missing values.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1990-10-16

Version History:

2006-03-30 File CB9401.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.

1998-04-02 The dataset now contains data
files for Waves 1 and 2 only. The combined data file has been
eliminated. Data definition statements for SAS and SPSS have been
prepared, and documentation is now available as a PDF file.